Join us for the ir/regular reception on October 20th, from 1-3pm. The artist will be giving a talk about the exhibition at 2pm. All welcome.

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Grant Glennie is a neurodivergent artist based in Glasgow. He has been part of Project Ability’s ReConnect studio programme since 2010 when he was first referred there by a community psychiatric nurse. Glennie is also a member of the Neuk Collective and Outside In. He has a BA(Hons) in Interaction Design from Glasgow School of Art and his work is influenced by both subjective and personal things and often involves exploring the connection between the highly ordered and highly disordered. Glennie makes art because it can help give him structure, purpose and improve his mental wellbeing. He enjoys learning through art about everything and anything. Glennie works in a number of mediums but retains a computational, rule based and systems approach.

“I see the exhibition and artworks in ir/regular existing somewhere between the opposites of regular and irregular. It’s a personal exploration of the interconnected themes of my lived experience of mental health, art therapy, medication, side effects, illusions and funding. I have recently been painting, which is a relatively new medium for me, though I’ve retained a rule based and systems approach.” – Grant Glennie

In ir/regular, Glennie delivers a bold visual exploration of geometric tension, optical illusion, and chromatic rhythm. With meticulously structured compositions and a distinct interplay of color and form, this exhibition challenges perceptions of balance, regularity, and spatial harmony. Glennie’s work thrives at the intersection of control and disruption—offering viewers a compelling, sometimes disorienting, optical experience that is at once playful and rigorous.

View the exhibition in this online gallery,

An exhibition photo showing origami cranes in the foreground and the gallery wall with the text painted on in neat lettering "Sorry but I don't believe you"

A photograph of the exhibition showing a square white plinth with origami sculptures in rows. On the walls behind are geometric large square paintings, one monochrome and one multicoloured.

A photograph showing lots of light pink coloured cranes, on a plinth, made of lottery tickets. You can see the different sides of the paper showing through the origami creases. And in the background a large bold geometric black and white painting shows a contrast.

A very close up photograph showing lots of light pink coloured cranes, made of lottery tickets. You can see the different sides of the paper showing through the origami creases.

Photograph of the exhibition view showing plinths with origami work, abstracted shape paintings and geometric work and a shelf of sketchbooks.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. One one page are squares with different patterns of colour and abstract colourful geometric shapes. On the other page are smaller abstract shapes outlined in Black and with a row at the bottom coloured in brightly with felt tip pens.

A very close up photograph showing lots of light pink coloured cranes, on a plinth, made of lottery tickets. You can see the different sides of the paper showing through the origami creases. And in the background a large bold geometric black and white painting shows a contrast.

An exhibition view from the far end of the space showing plinths and work mounted on the walls and on shelves.

A photograph of a work in the exhibition. On a square black shelf with bevelled edges sits a proscribed box of tablets and two empty blister packs. On the wall above the shelve is an information sign on mountboard about the medication function and side effects.

A very close up photograph showing lots of light pink coloured boats, made of lottery tickets. You can see the different sides of the paper showing through the origami creases. These are sitting in rows on a plinth, in the background you can just about see the other works in the exhibition which are blurred out of focus.

An exhibition photograph showing some of the abstract shapes from the side and two framed smaller paper works.

Photograph of the exhibition view showing plinths with origami work, abstracted shape paintings and geometric work.

Photograph showing a small white shelf on a white gallery wall holding lots of sketchbooks propped up on it, with the pages facing outward and the spines towards the wall.

A photograph of the exhibition showing origami sculptures on a plinth as well as other works in the background.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. Inside are abstract colourful geometric shapes.

A photograph of the exhibition, taken from the side, showing five abstract geometric shapes with strips of colour around the outside and a block of colour on the inside. Each has a different central colour, red, orange, yellow, lime green, royal blue and dark purple.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. On one side are two abstract geometric shapes with strips of colour around the outside and a block of colour on the inside. On the other page are smaller drawings showing just the shape and the interior coloured shape there is some annotation in black pen and a square with lines going across it.

A photograph of the exhibition showing five abstract geometric shapes with strips of colour around the outside and a block of colour on the inside. Each has a different central colour, red, orange, yellow, lime green, royal blue and dark purple.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. Drawings with black pen of squares divided into quarters and lines running in different directions show the process behind the geometric paints, notes and numbers add to the working out.

In the foreground is an open sketchbook on a plinth, showing the development of geometric abstract shaped paintings with colours and lines which are hung on the back wall of the gallery. The sketchbook shows drawings in the development of these works.

Photograph of the exhibition view showing plinths with origami work, abstracted shape paintings and geometric work and framed drawings.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. Detailed notes and line drawings surround a pink lottery ticket, showing the thought process and ideas development behind the finished origami work.

Photograph showing the exhibition. A large geometric painting with bold black and white lines is hung on the wall. To the left is a more delicate black and white print, and a square plinth with pale pink coloured origami is in the foreground.

A photograph of an open sketchbook. Detailed notes and numbered grids, one page in black and white and one page in colour show the process behind creating the geometric artwork.

A close up photographs showing lots of light pink coloured paper cranes on a plinth, made of lottery tickets. In the background are 5 multi coloured bright abstract shapes

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This exhibition is part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, 2025.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF) takes place from 20 October to 9 November 2025, exploring the theme of ‘Comfort & Disturb’.

Led by the Mental Health Foundation, the festival is a platform for everyone to create and share art inspired by mental health, engaging audiences and participants in regions across Scotland.

View the artworks in this online gallery,

A photograph of an open sketchbook. On one page the words "Ir/regular" and "somewhere in-between" are written in large text, there are lots of other notes written on the page. On the opposite page are 6 squares, each with a different pattern drawn into it, from line work, to shapes, to geometric triangles. — Sketchbook - Grant Glennie

A large monochrome geometric panting, divided with a large cross in the centre, and bands of black lines. — A square divided diagonally into four equal parts, each with a different direction of alternating parallel bands of lines - Grant Glennie

A photograph of the exhibition showing two black framed drawings, with a large white border. They are both black and white images made up of detailed small wobbly white shapes on a black background. — Neutrophils, 1&2 - Grant Glennie

Installation view of the exhibition showing the medication on a black small shelf with information board above and the very large printed letters above directly on the white wall "Sorry but I don't believe you" in black. — Sorry but I don't believe you - Grant Glennie

A white canvas is split into 4 equal spares. Each with lines of colour. The lines are horizontal on the first square, vertical in the second and diagonal in the bottom squares. The colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. — A square divided vertically and horizontally into four equal parts, each with a different direction of primary and secondary colours, in alternating parallel bands of lines - Grant Glennie

A photograph of an open sketchbook. Both sides have squares with ribbons of colour going in sequentially smaller squares inside, in different bright colours, including blue, yellow, lime green, orange and red. The pages are annotated with notes and measurements. — Sketchbook - Grant Glennie

A very close up photographs showing lots of light pink coloured paper, made of lottery tickets. You can see the different sides of the paper showing through the origami creases. — A number of losing lottery ticket swans - Grant Glennie

A geometric painting, the white lines crossed crossed over the black diamond shapes give a lattice effect. — Untitled (Rhombus) - Grant Glennie

Large print made up of rows of tiny black symbols on a white background. — Pattern (dis)order #5 limited edition digital print - Grant Glennie

Large print made up of coloured pointed oval dots arrange in patterns on a white background. — Pattern of need (ROYGBP) limited edition digital print - Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of red in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — irregular hexagon (ROYGBP) - Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of orange in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — ir/regular hexagon (OYGBPR) - Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of yellow in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — ir/regular hexagon (YGBPRO)- Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of green in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — ir/regular hexagon (GBPROY)- Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of blue in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — ir/regular hexagon (PROYGB) - Grant Glennie

An abstract angular shape with a block of purple in the centre and ribbons of different colours getting larger and larger. — irregular hexagon (BPROYG) - Grant Glennie

Short lines of alternate black and white repeated in rows create a geometric, wavering almost optical illusion. With smaller lines at the side and going to larger ones in the centre. — Untitled (Circular) - Grant Glennie

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